The Navy offers monetary bonuses for enlisted sailors who agree to re-enlist in "shortage" Ratings (jobs).

The amount of bonus depends on the "Multiplier" assigned to the rating, the individual's rate (rank), the member's time in service, and the number of years the individual re-enlists for.

he Bonus "Zone" is simply the amount of time the person has been in the military:

Zone A -- Sailors who re-enlist with between 17 months and 6 years of service.

Zone B -- Sailors, who -- at the time of re-enlistment -- have between 6 years and 10 years of service.

Zone C -- Sailors who re-enlist with between 10 and 14 years of service.

For example, let's say the Bonus chart shows the following information:

Rating

NEC

Zone A

Zone B

Zone C

NUC

3353

0.0

7.5

0.0

This means that a sailor in the Nuclear Field, with the Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) Code of 3353 who has between six and ten years of service at the time of re-enlistment would be entitled to a re-enlistment bonus multiplier of 7.5.